My mother-in-law and daughter both had and loved this plant. Being in Ontario, Canada is not often condusive to year round growing of such ornamental plants though! My mother-in-law brought her easter eggplant in off her balcony in the fall, let it sit in her apartment through the winter and let it dry right out. The pods or "eggs" remained on the plant but dried out beautifully. She now has the equivalent of about 3 packages of store bought seeds from this one plant! And mammie, in doing an online search of this plant, I noticed that the pods do come in a variety of colors!

Hi npeaphon, Welcome to Garden Web and the Seed Exchange I thought you might like to know there is no email link on your member page, thus no way to email you. Please see addressing newbie and newer member issues hth, Sue...chemocurl

I sow mine between april 5th-8th every year. Last year sowed April 18th, germinated 5/7. They are pretty tender seedlings and don't like a frost. But once they are established plants, they will be fine in the late fall with some light frosts. They are such a cute plant growing and the small lavender flowers are really pretty. Fran

Diana, I love that gazania too. Not what i expected in color either. Just hope my others get a chance to bloom too. Highaltransplanter, even with the rabbits eating them every year, I'm a sucker for the flowers and have more seeds already for next year too. The candy lily is similar to the blackberry lily from what i've see on line but the blackbery lily is all one color of orange for all the petals. At least that is what I've seen in pics. Now, a friend did get some blackberry lily seeds from T&M last year and WS them. they where supposed to be all different colors of lavender, pink, orange, red and bloom the first year too. Well the seeds all germinated and the fans are growing nicely too. But, unless by some miracle they get a huge, huge growth spirt, they are not going to bloom this year. So I doubt I will know if these seeds will bloom different colors. I also have leopard lily seedlings and not sue if they will be different either. Bakemom and Barb, I just love the easter egg plant and the eggs really do look like real eggs hanging off the plant. That is until Sept. then they start to ripen and slowly turn a real bright, bright yellow, ironically the color of the yolk inside an egg. I will have tons of seeds for them in the fall for trade and SASBE, so watch for the post and we can trade or SASBE for the seeds if you want some. Fgirl21, missed seeing you and your daughter at the swap. Hope we see you this coming year. We really did have a very nice time and the weather turned out well for the rain date. Hope we see you this coming spring. Get that act in gear and those WS seeds ready to do too. Angie, the candy lily are well worth the wait, They are really pretty and very delicate looking. Just wish the blooms lasted more than one day. Wouldn't say that I'm well yet, but a far cry from what I was before the surgery, when I could barely walk without falling, and much better than I was a few weeks ago. Still have a long way to go yet, but every day is better and able to do more. By Sept. I will be able to get my perennials in the ground. Just lots of hard work at physical therapy to get there.